The bathroom was hazy with mist.
The girl sat in the tub with her arms around her legs, while the "Operator Cultivation" module was reflected in her limpid crimson eyes.
The Chibi Figure of Little Rabbit tossed and turned in bed while hugging a plush teddy bear.
Teacher Unohana Chiyo's Chibi Figure was shopping in a supermarket, with a cute "Shopping" bubble above her head.
Soga Toyura... Big Sis... seemed to be out shopping.
The well-behaved and lovable Junior Sakai was in the hospital, working... working... working herself to the bone. With a blank expression, Su Youzi switched the screen to Kujo Ryuko.
Kujo Ryuko lived directly across from her and was staring blankly in her direction.
The tips of her ears felt just a little warm.
Half her face sank beneath the water's surface. The bathwater had to be too hot.
Mm... It had to be.
Su Youzi seemed to understand why the Affection Boost Reward for the seemingly obedient Sakai Miho included such strange things.
Actually, Su Youzi could understand it.
After all, Sakai Miho was under far too much pressure.
With her suicidal training methods, her body would have collapsed long ago if her abilities hadn't happened to be "Physical Restoration," "Unyielding Will," and "Perfect Proxy."
Her body could recover, but her tightly wound mind... needed an outlet, too.
No wonder that when "cultivating" Kozakai, the girl's reaction had looked almost the same as Little Rabbit's the second time, only to be quickly concealed.
After gently patting her cheeks, Su Youzi looked over her character status panel.
On her panel, the original [Level.3-Telekinetic Ability User▇▇▇] had already been updated.
It had become [Level.3-Reverse Logic Hand].
Today, Su Youzi had obtained a total of four "Beginner Combat Records" from the girls.
If she used them together with the Combat Record serving as her initial capital, she should be able to break through directly to Level.4.
But... she absolutely couldn't touch her initial capital.
In any case, Su Youzi wasn't so desperate for that tiny increase in power anymore.
If possible, she even wanted to keep two "Beginner Combat Records" as capital.
Just in case.
[Ding--] [Longing: Sakai Miho Affection Points +1]
Her crimson eyes blinked.
Su Youzi's expression grew a little strange.
This longing... surely she didn't see herself as... that sort of partner, did she?
That was pretty weird.
[Received Affection Boost Reward: Beginner Combat Record*1.]
[...]
Mm. Su Youzi officially declared that this wasn't weird at all.
Little Sakai was justice.
She checked all five Combat Records at once.
The monster hidden in her chest, seemingly forever unsatisfied, began chewing and swallowing with a crunching sound.
[Level.3-Reverse Logic Hand→Level.4-Reverse Logic Hand]
Su Youzi could feel it.
The endurance of her ability and the range within which she could bend things seemed to have increased a little.
She tilted her head and looked at the shower gel on the bath ledge beside her feet.
Buzz--
Her ability activated.
The shower gel bottle instantly twisted into a corkscrew, and then... whoosh--
Under Su Youzi's startled and frantic gaze, the shower gel surged toward her like a long dragon.
"Stop..."
"Stop it right now!!!"
"Ah... My eyes!"
The last thought in the tearful girl's mind was—
That stuff... it's so expensive!
After taking another shower and cleaning the bathroom again, Su Youzi sprawled on the bed like a salted fish.
Her entire body seemed to have been thoroughly infused with a fresh, sweet-and-sour citrus scent.
And it was specifically Asami citrus.
People really did stupid things when they let their minds go blank.
She would have to go to the Supply Department and get more shower gel tomorrow.
But...
"Hehe." She let out a sweet, foolish laugh.
The girl hugged her pillow and rolled around on the bed. Su Youzi looked at the radiant [Level.4-Reverse Logic Hand] on her panel.
She... was finally no longer a useless person who could only stand in the shadows at the edge of Soga Toyura's spotlight.
Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river!
D-Don't look down on a poor girl!
"Mm." Her cheeks grew slightly warm.
"This is pretty embarrassing."
"But..."
Su Youzi looked at the [Blood Manipulation (5%)] right next to [Level.4-Reverse Logic Hand].
That was Kujo Ryuko's Affection Points promotion reward.
"What is that?"
"Should I give it a try?"
She extended her hand and gently moved her thoughts.
Under the lamplight, the girl's eyes instantly changed from crimson to a scarlet color resembling Kujo Ryuko's.
A bead of blood seeped from her fingertip before flying through the air. It traced out a light, delicate butterfly, which gently landed on Su Youzi's fingertip before collapsing.
Across from Su Youzi's room.
Kujo Ryuko suddenly stood up.
She stared at Su Youzi's room in bewilderment. Had she... sensed it wrong?
"Blood Dress."
Someone was using an ability similar to hers—the [Blood Manipulation] ability.
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